Howdy! 

sub palindrate
{
    my $X = shift;
    my $front = substr($X, 0, (length($X)+1)/2);
    my $back = reverse $front;
    substr($back, 0, 1) = '' if length($X) % 2;
    my $front2 = $front+1;
    my $back2 = reverse $front2;
    substr($back2, 0, 1) = '' if length($X) % 2;
    my $N1 = $front.$back;
    my $N2 = $front2.$back2;
    return (abs($X-$N1) < abs($X-$N2)) ? $N1 : $N2;
}

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Update: fixed typo in code so it really does work as coded now. The algorithm was correct; the implementation was flawed...and use warnings would have pointed it right out to me...

Further update: *busted*...It's still not quite right... 91 breaks... ...but I'm gonna leave the code as it stands

yours,
Michael

In reply to Re^4: Challenge: Nearest Palindromic Number by herveus
in thread Challenge: Nearest Palindromic Number by Limbic~Region

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